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1) Introduction
2) Brazilian Championships Playoff by Albert Silver
3) Four Nations Chess League
4) Deloitte & Touche Jersey Festival
5) Mermaid Beach Club International
6) Russian Cup, Stage 5, Ekaterinburg
7) First Saturday Tournaments March
8) 52nd Yugoslav Championships by Sinisa Joksic
9) Cappelle la Grande (Feb 15-22) by Christophe Bouton
10) Tallinn Junior International
11) Games from the Cardiff Tournament
12) China vs England Challenge match.
13) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING March 1st
14) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
Games Section
ch-BRA playoff Rio de Janeiro 1997 6 games 4 Nations Chess League 24 games China v England match London ENG 1997 18 games Mermaid Beach Club Bermuda 1997 11 games It Cardiff WLS 1997 45 games op Jersey 1997 10 games 52nd Yug Ch 27 games It Tallinn Juniors 1997 66 games Russia Cup 427 games
My thanks to everyone who helped with this issue. Albert Silver, Gerald Schendal, John Henderson, Chess Assistant, Laszlo Nagy, Sinisa Joksic, Christophe Bouton, Adam Raoof, Iivo Nei, Rod McShane and Marco R. Martini.
Jet lag followed by flu has cost me a lot of time this week and I'm looking forward to retreating back to my sick bed. Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
2) Brazilian Championships Playoff by Albert Silver
Last year, the Brazilian Championship ended in a three-way tie for first between Rafael Leitao, Giovanni Vescovi, and Darcy Lima. The rules stipulated that a playoff be played in order to determine the champion. Unfortunately the playoff had to be put off until a sponsor could be found. Ricardo Barata, newly elected president of FEXERJ (chess federation of the state of Rio de Janeiro), was able to do so, and thus put an end to a joke that had begun to make it's rounds: that the champion of 1997 would be determined before that of 1996.
Porto Seguros Insurance graciously sponsored the playoff with a prize fund of $3000 as well as a number of side events that took place simultaneously. Though hardly perfect, it showed what can be done even on a limited budget and one can only hope that this event is the first amongst others to come.
The games were all fought out and each player had a particular claim to being favourite in the event. Rafael Leitao, who is fresh from his victory in the World under 18 Championships; Darcy Lima who, though the lowest rating of the three (most of which was due to his disastrous performance in the Olympiads when he was helping Sunye Neto in his bid for FIDE president), just came back from a Grandmaster norm in an open in Linares a month ago; Giovanni Vescovi, who started the original championship with a tremendous 6 out of 8 and known to be a very relaxed player (though perhaps TOO relaxed as it was later discovered that he was rushing off to a backgammon tournament that he was playing in after every round).
After two draws in the first rounds, Leitao drew first blood in the third round by beating Vescovi in a King's Indian in which Vescovi was never able to show much play for the gambited pawn in the opening and ended up being ground down in the subsequent rook endgame.
After drawing against Vescovi in the 4th round, Lima went all out against Leitao in the 5th round in which he gambited two pawns in order to obtain what seemed to be a tremendous initiative. Unfortunately for him, Leitao defended very well, and he should probably have opted for the safer 16...Qd4 which would have led to an equal position rather then the brave Ne5 which proved to be insufficient, and gave the title to Leitao. When the last round came up, and Leitao was already champion, many expected 10 moves, a handshake, and a draw, only Vescovi arrived saying that Leitao might already be champion but today he was going to lose. Leitao, as Black, went for the Petrosian variation of the King's
Indian in which he initiated a dubious queen manoevre (15...Qb8, 16...Qa7, 17...Qe3) which exists but not in that particular position, soon found himself in trouble, and this time it was Vescovi's turn to grind him down in a rook endgame guaranteeing him second place.
Round 1 (1997.02.24)
Vescovi, Giovanni - Lima, Darcy 1/2 22 E11 Bogo indian
Round 2 (1997.02.25)
Lima, Darcy - Leitao, Rafael 1/2 39 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Round 4 (1997.02.27)
Lima, Darcy - Vescovi, Giovanni 1/2 38 E97 Kings indian; Main line
Round 5 (1997.02.28)
Leitao, Rafael - Lima, Darcy 1-0 37 D16 Slav defence
Round 6 (1997.03.01)
Vescovi, Giovanni - Leitao, Rafael 1-0 64 E92 Kings indian; Classical
Rio de Janeiro (BRA), II-III 1997 cat. IX (2468)
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1 Leitao, Rafael m BRA 2495 ** 10 =1 2.5 2550
2 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2490 01 ** == 2.0 2457
3 Lima, Darcy m BRA 2420 =0 == ** 1.5 2405
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3) Four Nations Chess League
Nigel Johnson sends news of rounds 7 and 8 of the 4 Nations Chess League.
Richmond Slough
1 w McShane, Luke 2385 1 - 0 Hennigan, Michael 2450
2 b Bates, Richard 2315 0 - 1 Pytel, K 2445
3 w Williams, Simon 2350 1/2 Mannion, Steve 2390
4 b Wall, Gavin 2305 1/2 Mortazavi, Ali 2390
5 w Franklin, Michael 2255 0 - 1 Webb, Richard 2290
6 b Burke, John 2105 1/2 Hennigan, Rita 2225
7 w Bass, John 168 1/2 Houska, Jovanka 2115
8 b Ruth Bates 160 0 - 1 Miller, George I.
3 - 5
Hertford Midland Monarchs
1 w C. Duncan 2265 1 - 0 Arkell, Keith 2545
2 b S. Swanson 2265 0 - 1 Turner, Matthew 2425
3 w D. Coleman 2280 0 - 1 Parker, Jonathan 2470
4 b Hanreck, Alan 2275 0 - 1 Ferguson, Mark 2385
5 w Byway, Paul 2230 0 - 1 Collinson, Adam 2380
6 b Dearing, Eddie 2185 1 - 0 Tozer, Richard 2380
7 w B. Cheal 183 1/2 Don Mason 2275
8 b Milligan, Helen 162 0 - 1 Regan Natasha 2155
2-5
Barbican Invicta Knights
1 w Pritchett, Craig 2310 0 - 1 D. Gormally 2300
2 b Bowen, Karl 228 0 - 1 A.S. Ivanov 2430
3 w Plueg, Andreas 2325 1 - 0 Brown, Simon 2310
4 b Dishman, Steven 2300 1/2 Watson, Ian 212
5 w Rogers, Jonathan 2300 1 - 0 Chandler, Cliff 206
6 b Twyble, Michael 2305 1/2 Dickenson, Neil 2300
7 w D. Sands 2260 0 - 1 Mack, A 2275
8 b H. Lang 2065 0 - 1 Howell, Sue 159
3 - 5
Na Fianna B.C.M.
1 w D. King 2535 1/2 Rogers, Ian 2600
2 b C. O'Shaughnessy 2235 0 - 1 J. Mestel 2520
3 w M. Lyell 2260 0 - 1 M Chandler 2550
4 b R. McMichael 2200 1/2 S. Giddins 2345
5 w Thoman R 1/2 R Bellin 2375
6 b Suzuki, L 0 - 1 Friedgood, David 2270
7 w S. Connelly 155 0 - 1 D. Anderton 2200
8 b M. O'Siochru 160 0 - 1 J. Bellin 2215
1-6
Wood Green Bristol
1 w Levitt, Jon 2435 1 - 0 C.Baker 2370
2 b Littlewood, Paul 2440 1/2 C.Beaumont 2300
3 w Pein, Malcolm 2425 1/2 G. Burgess 2290
4 b Lee, Graham 2375 0 - 1 K Mah 2245
5 w Sowray, Peter 2350 1/2 G. Copeland 2335
6 b Law, Andrew 2370 1/2 D. Collier 2225
7 w Pert, Nicolas 2195 0 - 1 R. Phillips 2120
8 b Wood, Suzanne 160E 1/2 M. Buckley 2040
3-4
Croydon 1859 Witney
1 w J. Wilson 2265 0 - 1 S. Ansell 2420
2 b A. Harley 2285 1 - 0 J. Cobb 2260
3 w G. Moore 2215 1 - 0 S Taulbot 2400
4 b D. Rosen 2210 1 - 0 C. Cobb 2260
5 w J. McGrath 186 1/2 T. Headlong 2220
6 b R. DeCoverley 2085 1 - 0 R. Haydon 2250
7 w R Coathup 2110 1/2 M. Truran 2255
8 b S. Turvey 128 1 - 0 I. Houska 101
6 - 2
Northumbria Vikings South Wales Dragons
1 w S Bell 2365 1/2 Cummings, David 2375
2 b C Daly 2295 1 - 0 J Cooper 2370
3 w T Wall 2320 1 - 0 S Zeidler 2265
4 b I Timmermans 2275 1/2 Dineley, Richard 2255
5 w J Nelson 2250 1 - 0 Spice, Alan 2185
6 b C. Waters 2235 0 - 1 Morris, Charles 2215
7 w J. King 2115 1/2 Richmond, Jane 2180
8 b L. Barnes 83 0 - 1 Miles, Richard 2075
4-3
Wessex Guildford
1 w J. Poulton 2360 1 - 0 N. Povah 2375
2 b P. Rossiter 2370 0 - 1 A. Kinsman 2400
3 w A. Corkett 2295 1/2 C Kennaugh 2290
4 b D. Neil 2285 1/2 R Abayasekera 2255
5 w I. Upton 2235 1 - 0 R. Granat 202
6 b A. Brameld 199 1/2 I. Thompson 2300
7 w R. Noyce 2205 1 - 0 M. Anderton 2175
8 b E. Howard 163 1/2 C. Lusher 145
5 - 3
Celtic Knights North West Eagles
1 w Borg, Andy 1 - 0 G Quillan 2320
2 b Walsh, Chris 2180 0 - 1 J. Littlewood 2275
3 w Gilbert, John 2150 0 - 1 B. Lund 2260
4 b Musson, Adam 162 0 - 1 D. Tebb 2320
5 w Adams, Mark 2100 0 - 1 R Sheldon 2230
6 b McCarthy, Moss 0 - 1 Dale James 2250
7 w Sheehan, Anthony 0 - 1 A. A. Smith 2225
8 b John, Amanda 0 - 1 W. Giblin 2130
1 - 7
Standing after Round 7
4NCL R7 P W D L MP GP
Midland Monarchs 5.5 7 7 0 0 14 40.0
Invicta Knights 5.0 7 7 0 0 14 39.0
Slough 5.0 7 6 1 0 13 39.0
Wood Green 3.5 7 5 0 2 10 34.0
BCM 6.5 7 5 0 2 10 32.0
Northumbria 4.5 7 4 2 1 10 31.5
Barbican 3.0 7 4 1 2 9 32.0
North West Eagles 7.0 7 3 0 4 6 29.5
Richmond 3.0 7 3 0 4 6 27.5
Wessex 5.0 7 3 0 4 6 27.0
Guildford 3.0 7 3 0 4 6 25.0
South Wales Dragons 3.5 7 3 0 4 6 24.5
Na Fianna 1.5 7 2 0 5 4 22.0
Hertford 2.5 7 2 0 5 4 22.0
Bristol 4.5 7 2 0 5 4 20.5
Croydon 1859 6.0 7 1 0 6 2 21.5
Witney 2.0 7 1 0 6 2 20.0
Celtic Knights 1.0 7 0 0 7 0 15.0
Round 8
North West Eagles Guildford
1 w B. Lund 2260 1/2-1/2 A. Kinsman 2400
2 b D. Tebb 2320 1 - 0 N. Povah 2375
3 w G Quillan 2320 1 - 0 I. Thompson 2300
4 b J. Littlewood 2275 1 - 0 C Kennaugh 2290
5 w R Sheldon 2230 1 - 0 R Abayasekera 2255
6 b W. Giblin 2130 1/2 R. Granat 202
7 w A. A. Smith 2225 0 - 1 M. Anderton 2175
8 b Dale James 2250 1 - 0 C. Lusher 145
6 - 2
Wessex Northumbria Vikings
1 w J. Poulton 2360 1 - 0 S Bell 2365
2 b P. Rossiter 2370 1/2 C Daly 2295
3 w A. Corkett 2295 0 - 1 T Wall 2320
4 b D. Neil 2285 0 - 1 I Timmermans 2275
5 w I. Upton 2235 1/2 J Nelson 2250
6 b A. Brameld 199 1/2 C. Waters 2235
7 w R. Noyce 2205 1/2 J. King 2115
8 b E. Howard 163 1/2 L. Barnes 83
3.5-4.5
Midland Monarchs Wood Green
1 w Arkell, Keith 2545 1/2 Emms, Jon 2500
2 b Turner, Matthew 2425 1 - 0 Arakhamia-Grant, K 2455
3 w Parker, Jonathan 2470 1 - 0 Levitt, Jon 2435
4 b Cooper, Lawrence 2335 0 - 1 Littlewood, Paul 2440
5 w Tozer, Richard 2380 0 - 1 Pein, Malcolm 2425
6 b Ferguson, Mark 2385 1/2 Law, Andrew 2370
7 w Don Mason 2275 1/2 Sowray, Peter 2350
8 b Regan Natasha 2155 1 - 0 Lee, Graham 2375
4.5-3.5
Hertford Barbican
1 w D. Coleman 2280 0 - 1 Pritchett, Craig 2310
2 b C. Duncan 2265 1 - 0 Bowen, Karl 228
3 w S. Swanson 2265 0 - 1 Plueg, Andreas 2325
4 b Hanreck, Alan 2275 0 - 1 Dishman, Steven 2300
5 w Byway, Paul 2230 1/2 Twyble, Michael 2305
6 b Dearing, Eddie 2185 1/2 D. Sands 2260
7 w B. Cheal 183 1/2 Moore, John 2155
8 b Milligan, Helen 162 1/2 H. Lang 2065
3 - 5
Slough B.C.M.
1 w Ionescu Cristian 2290 0 - 1 Rogers, Ian 2600
2 b Pytel, K 2445 0 - 1 M Chandler 2550
3 w Hennigan, Michael 2450 0 - 1 J. Mestel 2520
4 b Mannion, Steve 2390 1 - 0 R Bellin 2375
5 w Mortazavi, Ali 2390 1/2 S. Giddins 2345
6 b Webb, Richard 2290 1/2 Friedgood, David 2270
7 w Hennigan, Rita 2225 1 - 0 J. Bellin 2215
8 b Houska, Jovanka 2115 0 - 1 D. Anderton 2200
3 - 5
Bristol Na Fianna
1 w C.Baker 2370 1 - 0 D. King 2535
2 b C.Beaumont 2300 1/2 C. O'Shaughnessy 2235
3 w G. Burgess 2290 1 - 0 M. Lyell 2260
4 b K Mah 2245 0 - 1 R. McMichael 2200
5 w G. Copeland 2335 1/2 Thomas Rik 196
6 b D. Collier 2225 1/2 Pearce, Robin 185
7 w R. Phillips 2120 1 - 0 S. Connelly 155
8 b M. Buckley 2040 1 - 0 M. O'Siochru 160
5.5-2.5
Witney Invicta Knights
1 w S. Ansell 2420 1/2 D. Gormally 2375
2 b S Taulbot 2400 1/2 Watson, Ian 212
3 w J. Cobb 2260 0 - 1 Brown, Simon 2310
4 b C. Cobb 2260 1 - 0 Dickenson, Neil 2305
5 w T. Headlong 2220 1/2 Mack, A 2275
6 b R. Haydon 2250 0 - 1 Chandler, Cliff 206
7 w M. Truran 2255 1/2 Gurr, Lyndon 181
8 b I. Houska 101 0 - 1 Howell, Sue 159
3 - 5
Richmond South Wales Dragons
1 w Williams, Simon 2350 1/2 J Cooper 2370
2 b Bates, Richard 2315 1 - 0 Cummings, David 2375
3 w McShane, Luke 2385 1/2 Dineley, Richard 2255
4 b Wall, Gavin 2305 0 - 1 Spice, Alan 2185
5 w Franklin, Michael 2255 1/2 S Zeidler 2265
6 b Burke, John 2105 0 - 1 Saunders, John 2265
7 w Bass, John 168 1 - 0 Richmond, Jane 2180
8 b Ruth Bates 160 0 - 1 Miles, Richard 2075
3.5-4.5
Croydon 1859 Celtic Knights
1 w J. Wilson 2265 1/2 Borg, Andy
2 b A. Harley 2285 1/2 Walsh, Chris 2180
3 w D. Rosen 2210 1 - 0 Gilbert, John 2150
4 b G. Moore 2215 1 - 0 Musson, Adam 162
5 w R. DeCoverley 2085 1/2 Adams, Mark 2100
6 b J. McGrath 186 1/2 McCarthy, Moss
7 w R Coathup 2110 1/2 Sheehan, Anthony
8 b S. Turvey 128 1/2 John, Amanda
5 - 3
Current standings after 8 rounds.
4NCL P W D L MP GP
Midland Monarchs 8 8 0 0 16 44.5
Invicta Knights 8 8 0 0 16 44.0
Slough 8 6 1 1 13 42.0
BCM 8 6 0 2 12 37.0
Northumbria 8 5 2 1 12 36.0
Barbican 8 5 1 2 11 37.0
Wood Green 8 5 0 3 10 37.5
North West Eagles 8 4 0 4 8 35.5
South Wales Dragons 8 4 0 4 8 29.0
Richmond 8 3 0 5 6 31.0
Wessex 8 3 0 5 6 30.5
Guildford 8 3 0 5 6 27.0
Bristol 8 3 0 5 6 26.0
Croydon 1859 8 2 0 6 4 26.5
Hertford 8 2 0 6 4 25.0
Na Fianna 8 2 0 6 4 24.5
Witney 8 1 0 7 2 23.0
Celtic Knights 8 0 0 8 0 18.0
4) Deloitte & Touche Jersey Festival
The Deloitte & Touche Jersey Festival was won by IM Andrew Webster, he lost only one game to Bogdan Lalic. An interesting point was brought up by the final round pairings. Initially husband and wife Bogdan and Susan Lalic were paired together.
They normally agree a draw if they meet in a tournament. Here they were both in the running for first. The tournament committee agreed to change the pairings.
Next year there is promised increased prize-money. Information from John Henderson's Channel 4 Teletext page.
1 IM Andrew Webster (£1,500) 6/7 2-3 GM Julian Hodgson, GM Bogdan Lalic (£450 each) 5.5 4-6 Martin Simons, GM Chris Ward, Kiernan Smallbone 5 Junior Prizes: 1 Kiernan Smallbone 2 David Moskovic 4.5/7; Ladies Prize: 1 WGM Susan Lalic 4.5/7; 2 WIM Sheila Jackson 3.5/7; Veterans: 1-2 Joseph Soesan, Alfred Mikurenda 2/7. Best Jersey Player: Jon Hawes 3.5/7.
5) Mermaid Beach Club International
The final results of the Mermaid Beach Club International are now available. Most of the remaining games are in the games section. Julian Hodgson scored an excellent result performing to 2794. Alexandre Lesiege scored his 2nd GM norm. The event took place between 27th Jan and Feb 6th 1997.
Sources of information: Quebec www page
http://www.cam.org/~fqechec/
and Die Schachwoche.
Bermuda (), I-II 1997 cat. XI (2504)
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1 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2560 * 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 1 8.5 2794
2 De Firmian, Nick E g USA 2575 0 * = 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 6.5 2606
3 Lesiege, Alexandre m CAN 2500 0 = * = 1 1 1 = = = 1 6.5 2614
4 Hjartarson, Johann g ISL 2585 0 0 = * = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.0 2567
5 Vescovi, Giovanni m BRA 2490 0 0 0 = * 1 1 1 1 = = 5.5 2541
6 Shaked, Tal m USA 2445 = 0 0 0 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 4.5 2473
7 Hellsten, Johan m SWE 2485 = = 0 = 0 0 * 0 = 1 1 4.0 2433
8 Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 1 0 1 4.0 2438
9 Bezold, Michael m GER 2500 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 3.5 2394
10 Ashley, Maurice m USA 2465 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 0 3.0 2358
11 Maiwald, Jens-Uwe m GER 2495 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 1 * 3.0 2355
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The IM event was won jointly by John Donaldson and Sergey Kudrin.
Players Fed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Tot --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 John Donaldson IM USA 2405 x = = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 8,0 2 Sergey Kudrin GM USA 2515 = x 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8,0 3 James de Toledo MI BRE 2400 = 0 x = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6,5 4 Eugene Perelshteyn USA 2360 0 = = x 0 = = 1 1 1 1 6,0 5 Jorge Zamora USA 2390 0 0 = 1 x 1 = 0 1 = 1 5,5 6 Deen Ippolito USA 2280 0 0 0 = 0 x 1 = 1 1 1 5,0 7 Paul Saint-Amand jr CAN 2195 = 0 = = = 0 x = 0 = 1 4,0 8 Jacques Elbilia MAR 2325 = 0 0 0 1 = = x = 1 0 4,0 9 Alejandro Montalvo PRO 2230 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = x 1 1 4,0 10 Kiti Grosar MIF SLO 2225 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 x 1 3,0 11 Nick Faulks BER 2080 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 1,0
6) Russian Cup, Stage 5, Ekaterinburg
The Chess Assistant www site at http://pc701-20.cs.msu.su gives the games and results of the 5th stage of the Russia Cup which was held in Ekaterinburg. I am somewhat confused as to what stage this event has reached as I thought there had already been a semi-final of some sort.
Final standings
1. Malaniuk Vladimir UKR GM 2610 7.0 2. Korneev Oleg RUS GM 2590 6.5 3. Yakovich Yuri RUS GM 2575 6.5 4. Ibragimov Ildar RUS GM 2555 6.5 5. Galkin Alexander RUS IM 2510 6.5 6. Zakharevich Igor RUS IM 2505 6.5 7. Supatashvili Khvicha GEO IM 2465 6.5 8. Sherbakov Ruslan RUS GM 2580 6.0 9. Ulibin Mikhail RUS GM 2555 6.0 10. Vokarev Sergey RUS 2530 6.0 11. Fillipov Valerij RUS GM 2510 6.0 12. Yandemirov Valeri RUS IM 2500 6.0 13. Temirbaev Serik KAZ GM 2495 6.0 14. Ovetchkin Roman RUS 2495 6.0 15. Vaulin Alexander RUS GM 2490 6.0 16. Scerbin Dmitrij RUS 2335 6.0 ...96 players
7) First Saturday Tournaments March
The March First Saturday tournaments are underway. There are team championships taking place also and this has lead to some of the early games to be postponed.
International Tournament in Egypt
Laszlo Nagy is to organise a GM Tournament in Cairo Egypt between 24th of March and 5th of April. There will be two Category 7 events with 12 players in each aswell as an 11 round International open. He is looking for players, especially Grandmasters, who are interested in playing in the event. Those who are interested should contact him as soon as possible.
The event is called the GOLDEN CLEOPATRA, sponsored by the Eastern Tobacco Company.
Note from last week's issue. M Csatari is the name used by P Velvart after the death of her husband.
Information from the organiser Laszlo Nagy who can be contacted via
E-Mail <100263.1700@CompuServe.COM> www page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/chess_first_saturday_hu/
or tel-fax: (361)-263-28-59/
GM Tournament
Round 1 (1997.03.01)
Horvath, Adam - Zemerov, Vladimir 1-0
Schlusnik, Nandor - Bock, Juergen 1-0 32 A00 Irregular
Belotelov, Dmitri - Somlai, Laszlo 0-1
Czebe, Attila - Vadasz, Laszlo 1/2
Pinski, Jan - Szabo, Zsolt 1/2
Hasangatin, Ramil - Mashinskaya, Iulia 1/2
Round 2 (1997.03.02)
Somlai, Laszlo - Pinski, Jan *
Vadasz, Laszlo - Szabo, Zsolt 1/2
Czebe, Attila - Horvath, Adam *
Mashinskaya, Iulia - Schlusnik, Nandor *
Zemerov, Vladimir - Hasangatin, Ramil *
Bock, Juergen - Belotelov, Dmitri 0-1
Budapest (HUN), III 1997 cat. III (2309)
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1 Somlai, Laszlo HUN 2360 * . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1.0 / 1
2 Horvath, Adam HUN 2275 . * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0 / 1
3 Schlusnik, Nandor HUN 2225 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 1.0 / 1
4 Szabo, Zsolt HUN 2355 . . . * = . . = . . . . 1.0 / 2 2305
5 Vadasz, Laszlo g HUN 2365 . . . = * . = . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2340
6 Belotelov, Dmitri RUS 2225 0 . . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0 / 2 2290
7 Czebe, Attila m HUN 2325 . . . . = . * . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2365
8 Pinski, Jan POL 2245 . . . = . . . * . . . . 0.5 / 1 2355
9 Hasangatin, Ramil m RUS 2490 . . . . . . . . * = . . 0.5 / 1 2240
10 Mashinskaya, Iulia wf RUS 2240 . . . . . . . . = * . . 0.5 / 1 2490
11 Zemerov, Vladimir m RUS 2385 . 0 . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 Bock, Juergen GER 2220 . . 0 . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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Round 1 (1997.03.01)
Haub, Thorsten-Michael - Bokros, Albert 1-0 47
Ellers, Holger - De Santis, Alessio 1-0 47
Kahn, Evarth - Farago, Sandor 1/2
Wiechert, Hans - Jovanovic, Sasa D 1/2
Gara, Anita - Peredy, Ferenc *
Ladanyi, Tibor - Eperjesi, Laszlo 0-1
Round 2 (1997.03.02)
Eperjesi, Laszlo - De Santis, Alessio 1-0
Farago, Sandor - Haub, Thorsten-Michael 1/2
Jovanovic, Sasa D - Ellers, Holger 1/2
Bokros, Albert - Wiechert, Hans 1-0
Peredy, Ferenc - Kahn, Evarth *
Ladanyi, Tibor - Gara, Anita *
Budapest (HUN), III 1997 cat. II (2288)
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1 Eperjesi, Laszlo m HUN 2340 * . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2.0 / 2
2 Haub, Thorsten-Michael f GER 2365 . * . = . 1 . . . . . . 1.5 / 2 2448
3 Ellers, Holger GER 2260 . . * . = . . . . . . 1 1.5 / 2 2513
4 Farago, Sandor m HUN 2250 . = . * . . = . . . . . 1.0 / 2 2367
5 Jovanovic, Sasa D f CRO 2385 . . = . * . . = . . . . 1.0 / 2 2235
6 Bokros, Albert HUN 2260 . 0 . . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 / 2 2287
7 Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2370 . . . = . . * . . . . . 0.5 / 1 2250
8 Wiechert, Hans GER 2210 . . . . = 0 . * . . . . 0.5 / 2 2129
9 Gara, Anita HUN 2285 . . . . . . . . * . . . 0.0 / 0
10 Peredy, Ferenc HUN 2200 . . . . . . . . . * . . 0.0 / 0
11 Ladanyi, Tibor HUN 2280 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0.0 / 1
12 De Santis, Alessio f ITA 2255 0 . 0 . . . . . . . . * 0.0 / 2
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8) 52nd Yugoslav Championships by Sinisa Joksic
As has become quite usual a number of good players are missing from the Yugoslav Championships. Players such as Ljubojevic, Ivanovic, Djuric, Strikovic, Barlov, Ivkov, Vukic, Martinovic, Rajkovic, Lazic, Matulovic, Abramovic etc.
The main reason has been the speed with which the Championships were organised, only in a few weeks. The professional players have already made their own arrangements, normally six months before. This year there were 6 reserve passes in final. Gligoric got a white card to play in all Championships and the YCF put Ivanisevic in as a promising junior.
The Championship is 10. cat (2498) and GM norm is 10 points and IM - 7 (only for Ivanisevic). There are 8 prizes (10.000, 8.000, 7.000, 6.000, 5.000, 4.000, 3.000 and 2.000 dinars. 400 dinars c/a 1 DM)
Unfortunately the Yugoslav Chess Federation made a miserable decision as to the chief arbiter Vladimir Sakotic. He created a non-existent tournament where few years ago some players made GM- norms and got the title and later when FIDE found out these titles were removed.
The YCF punished him with a one year ban as arbiter and FIDE kept quiet. Now with the help of the President of the YCF, he is in action again.
Many Yugoslav players are ashamed of this.
52. Yugoslav Championship - Niksic February 21. - March 9. 1997 +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ | 10. cat. (2498.5) | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 |points| +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ 1. Ilincic,Zlatko g 2565| ** 0 0 = 1 0 1 1 = . . . . . . 0 | 4 | 2. Pavlovic,Milos g 2505| 1 ** 1 = = 0 = 0 . . . . . . = = | 4.5 | 3. Blagojevic,Dragisa im 2485| 1 0 ** = = = = . . . . . . 0 0 = | 3.5 | 4. Drasko,Milan g 2555| = = = ** 1 = . . . . . . 1 0 = = | 5 | 5. Kosic,Dragan g 2515| 0 = = 0 ** . . . . . . = 1 = = 1 | 4.5 | 6. Ivanisevic,Ivan - 2450| 1 1 = = . ** . . . . = = 0 1 = . | 5.5 | 7. Petronic,Jovan im 2455| 0 = = . . . ** . . 1 = 1 = 1 = . | 5.5 | 8. Damljanovic,Branko g 2540| 0 1 . . . . . ** 1 = = 0 0 1 1 . | 5 | 9. Stamenkovic,Zoran im 2415| = . . . . . . 0 ** = = = 0 0 0 0 | 2 | 10. Marinkovic,Ivan im 2495| . . . . . . 0 = = ** = = = = = = | 4 | 11. Gligoric,Svetozar g 2465| . . . . . = = = = = ** = = 1 . 0 | 4.5 | 12. Pikula,Dejan im 2495| . . . . = = 0 1 = = = ** = . . 0 | 4 | 13. Velimirovic,Dragoljub g 2485| . . . 0 0 1 = 1 1 = = = ** . . . | 5 | 14. Markovic,Miroslav im 2520| . . 1 1 = 0 0 0 1 = 0 . . ** . . | 4 | 15. Popovic,Petar g 2545| . = 1 = = = = 0 1 = . . . . ** . | 5 | 16. Kovacevic,Aleksandar im 2485| 1 = = = 0 . . . 1 = 1 1 . . . ** | 4.5 | +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+------+ Round 1 (1997.02.21.) Ilincic,Zlatko - Kovacevic,Aleksandar 0:1 52 Pavlovic,Milos - Popovic,Petar 1/2 35 Blagojevic,Dragisa - Markovic,Miroslav 0:1 28 Kosic,Dragan - Pikula,Dejan 1/2 28 Ivanisevic,Ivan - Gligoric,Svetozar 1/2 22 Petronic,Jovan - Marinkovic,Ivan 1:0 56 Damljanovic,Branko - Stamenkovic,Zoran 1:0 60 Drasko,Milan - Velimirovic,Dragoljub 1:0 81 Round 2 (1997.02.22.) Kovacevic,Aleksandar - Stamenkovic,Zoran 1:0 33 Gligoric,Svetozar - Petronic,Jovan 1/2 19 Pikula,Dejan - Ivanisevic,Ivan 1/2 17 Velimirovic,Dragoljub - Kosic,Dragan 0:1 38 Markovic,Miroslav - Drasko,Milan 1:0 28 Popovic,Petar - Blagojevic,Dragisa 1:0 35 Ilincic,Zlatko - Pavlovic,Milos 0:1 46 Marinkovic,Ivan - Damljanovic,Branko 1/2 101 Round 3 (1997.02.23.) Pavlovic,Milos - Kovacevic,Aleksandar 1/2 16 Blagojevic,Dragisa - Ilincic,Zlatko 1:0 72 Drasko,Milan - Popovic,Petar 1/2 17 Kosic,Dragan - Markovic,Miroslav 1/2 35 Ivanisevic,Ivan - Velimirovic,Dragoljub 0:1 43 Petronic,Jovan - Pikula,Dejan 1:0 42 Damljanovic,Branko - Gligoric,Svetozar 1/2 54 Stamenkovic,Zoran - Marinkovic,Ivan 1/2 12 Round 4 (1997.02.24.) Kovacevic,Aleksandar - Marinkovic,Ivan 1/2 47 Gligoric,Svetozar - Stamenkovic,Zoran 1/2 37 Pikula,Dejan - Damljanovic,Branko 1:0 47 Velimirovic,dragoljub - Petronic,Jovan 1/2 12 Markovic,Miroslav - Ivanisevic,Ivan 0:1 60 Popovic,Petar - Kosic,Dragan 1/2 13 Ilincic,Zlatko - Drasko,Milan 1/2 11 Pavlovic,Milos - Blagojevic,Dragisa 1:0 19 Round 5 (1997.02.25.) Blagojevic,Dragisa - KOvacevic,Aleksandar 1/2 17 Drasko,Milan - Pavlovic,Milos 1/2 24 Kosic,Dragan - Ilincic,Zlatko 0:1 60 Ivanisevic,Ivan - Popovic,Petar 1/2 60 Petronic,Jovan - Markovic,Miroslav 1:0 62 Damljanovic,Branko - Velimirovic,Dragoljub 0:1 44 Stamenkovic,Zoran - Pikula,Dejan 1/2 25 Marinkovic,Ivan - Gligoric,Svetozar 1/2 13 Round 6 (1997.02.27.) Kovacevic,Aleksandar - Gligoric,Svetozar 1:0 43 Pikula,Dejan - Marinkovic,Ivan 1/2 11 Velimirovic,Dragoljub - Stamenkovic,Zoran 1:0 41 Markovic,Miroslav - Damljanovic,Branko 0:1 37 Popovic,Petar - Petronic,Jovan 1/2 19 Ilincic,Zlatko - Ivanisevic,Ivan 0:1 39 Pavlovic,Milos - Kosic,Dragan 1/2 9 Blagojevic,Dragisa - Drasko,Milan 1/2 11 Round 7 (1997.02.28.) Drasko,Milan - Kovacevic,Aleksandar 1/2 64 Kosic,Dragan - Blagojevic,Dragisa 1/2 41 Ivanisevic,Ivan - Pavlovic,Milos 1:0 39 Petronic,Jovan - Ilincic,Zlatko 0:1 39 Damljanovic,Branko - Popovic,Petar 1:0 51 Stamenkovic,Zoran - Markovic,Miroslav 0:1 56 Marinkovic,Ivan - Velimirovic,Dragoljub 1/2 107 Gligoric,Svetozar - Pikula,Dejan 1/2 31 Round 8 (1997.03.01.) Kovacevic,Aleksandar - Pikula,Dejan 1:0 41 Velimirovic,Dragoljub - Gligoric,Svetozar 1/2 13 Markovic,Miroslav - Marinkovic,Ivan 1/2 52 Popovic,Petar - Stamenkovic,Zoran 1:0 28 Ilincic,Zlatko - Damljanovic,Branko 1:0 32 Pavlovic,Milos - Petronic,Jovan 1/2 33 Blagojevic,Dragisa - Ivanisevic,Ivan 1/2 10 Drasko,Milan - Kosic,Dragan 1:0 37 Round 9 (1997.03.02.) Kosic,Dragan - Kovacevic,Aleksandar 1:0 36 Ivanisevic,Ivan - Drasko,Milan 1/2 11 Petronic,Jovan - Blagojevic,Dragisa 1/2 38 Damljanovic,Branko - Pavlovic,Milos 1:0 29 Stamenkovic,Zoran - Ilincic,Zlatko 1/2 55 Marinkovic,Ivan - Popovic,Petar 1/2 18 Gligoric,Svetozar - Markovic,Miroslav 1:0 50 Pikula,Dejan - Velimirovic,Dragoljub 1/2 34 Standings after Round 9 Kovacevic 6, Petronic, Ivanisevic 5,5 , Velimirovic, Popovic, Drasko, Damljanovic 5, Gligoric, Kosic, Pavlovic 4,5 , Ilincic, Pikula, Markovic, Marinkovic 4, Blagojevic 3,5 , Stamenkovic 2.
9) Cappelle la Grande (Feb 15-22) by Christophe Bouton
The world's strongest open swiss tournament ended in an 8-players tie. Cappelle la Grande is a small city at 10 km of Dunkerque, North of France. This year 76 GM's, 93 IM's + 25 FIDE masters competed in the 9 round swiss. 49 countries were represented; among them we could see 2 Albanian players. The strongest countries were of course Russia (with Epishin and Morozevich, 42 players overall) and Ukraine + Eastern countries.
The motto of the organizer Michel Gouvart is to collect as many different countries as possible with a simple rule: every GM gets the same appearance fee.
Quite an impressive performance since the tournament is organised by the local members of the club for a total budget of about 1million FF (180,000 dollars).
With the comeback of both Tony Miles and Mark Hebden, the early rounds looked as a British blitzkrieg but the opposition this year was very strong and the two " swiss tournaments killers " finally tied for first place with 7 other masters.
The local IM Jean-Marc Degraeve achieved a GM norm with great ease.
Final standings (9 rounds; in brackets Elo, points achieved, performance) GM Burmakin,V (2530) 7 (2719) IM Baklan,V (2530) 7 (2712) GM Ftacnik,L (2595) 7 (2712) IM Degraeve,JM (2515) 7 (2703) GM Vyzmanavin,A (2585) 7 (2703) GM Miles,A (2550) 7 (2701) IM Kasimdzhanov,R (2465)7 (2688) GM Kruppa,Y (2520) 7 (2656) GM Hebden,M (2515) 7 (2643) GM Ruzele,D (2515) 7 (2638) IM Krakops,M (2440) 6,5 (2663) GM Georgiev,K (2645) 6,5 (2654) GM Timoshenko,G (2510) 6,5 (2651) GM Savchenko,S (2575) 6,5 (2647) GM Epishin,V (2600) 6,5 (2609) GM Landa,K (2570) 6,5 (2603) IM Urban,K (2490) 6,5 (2595) GM Sulskis,S (2525) 6,5 (2592) GM Luther,T (2520) 6,5 (2591) GM Novikov,I (2580) 6,5 (2569) GM Schneider,A (2565) 6,5 (2555) IM Enders,P (2520) 6,5 (2544) IM Klovans,J (2445) 6,5 (2463) etc (503 players for a total of only 261 French!)
GM norm for : IM Degraeve,JM - IM Krakops,M - IM Kasimdzhanov,R IMF Vasilevich,T - IM Baklan,V - IM Ginsburg,G - IM Chatalbashev,B
International Master norm for : Cieza,A - Escobar Forero,A - Mueller,M, Cicak,S -
10) Tallinn Junior International
Iivo Nei reports on a junior chess event in Tallinn.
A youth chess tournament, organised by the TALLINN CHESS SCHOOL took place between February 11-21, 1997 in TALLINN ESTONIA.
Chief Arbiter: IA Lembit Vahesaar
Tallinn (EST), II 1997
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1 Antoniewski, Rafal POL 2310 * = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 9.0 2384
2 Bae, Torstein NOR 2245 = * = 1 1 0 1 1 0 = 1 1 7.5 2392
3 Zitin, Yuri f EST 2205 0 = * 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 7.0 2247
4 Bekker-Jensen, David DEN 2140 = 0 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2212
5 Livner, Anders SWE 2150 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 6.5 2211
6 Shishkov, Andrei EST 2175 0 1 = 0 1 * 1 0 1 = = 0 5.5 2208
7 Lehtinen, Heikki FIN 2205 = 0 1 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 1 1 5.5 2161
8 Stepanov, Timofej LAT 2200 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 4.5 2064
9 Lelumees,B ---- 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 * = = = 4.5 2124
10 Karai,D ---- 0 = = = = = 0 0 = * = = 4.0 2079
11 Uvarov, Vyacheslav EST 2210 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = = * 1 3.5 1952
12 Soot,M ---- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 = = 0 * 2.0 1853
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11) Games from the Cardiff Tournament
My thanks to Rod McShane for the games from the Cardiff tournament.
12) China vs England Challenge match.
The London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, First Floor, HR House, 447 High Road, Finchley N12 was the venue of a challenge match between China and England. My thanks to organiser Adam Raoof for information on the event.
The match was a fluctuating one but it ended in a clear victory by 10 points to 8 for the Chinese team. The event was a double round Scheveningen event.
----------- Wang Zili 2530 3.5/6
| ------- Peng Xiaomin 2500 3.5/6
| | --- Ye Jiangchuan 2510 3.0/6
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1 Ward,C 2490 ½½ 01 1½ 3.5/6
2 McDonald,N 2490 ½½ 10 0½ 2.5/6
3 Arkell,K 2545 0½ ½0 ½½ 2.0/6
13) PCA WORLD CHESS RANKING March 1st
For player rated 2500 and higher
Results up to March 1, 1997
Produced by Ken Thomson with ChessBase
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Chess Union Int.
Columns: rank, name, nationality, rating, variance.
The last column, variance, gives the tendency of players to be solid or vary in their performance. The average variance for top players is 180. Higher numbers denote players who tend to vary more, lower numbers are players who are solid and reliable.
1. Kasparov,Garry RUS 2828 154 2. Anand,Viswanathan IND 2758 152 3. Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2754 156 4. Topalov,Veselin BUL 2735 192 5. Ivanchuk,Vassily UKR 2710 182 6. Karpov,Anatoli RUS 2710 147 7. Kamsky,Gata USA 2701 181 8. Adams,Michael ENG 2685 160 9. Gelfand,Boris BLR 2684 135 10. Short,Nigel D ENG 2669 182 11. Beliavsky,Alexander G SLO 2666 133 12. Salov,Valery RUS 2661 183 13. Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2657 167 14. Andersson,Ulf SWE 2647 143 15. Shirov,Alexei ESP 2646 202 16. Svidler,Peter RUS 2639 137 17. Polgar,Judit (GM) HUN 2637 194 18. Lautier,Joel FRA 2633 200 19. Yermolinsky,Alexey USA 2633 154 20. Seirawan,Yasser USA 2628 182 21. Piket,Jeroen NED 2627 169 22. Granda Zuniga,Julio E PER 2626 211 23. Leko,Peter HUN 2626 155 24. Dreev,Alexey RUS 2625 162 25. Khalifman,Alexander RUS 2622 161 26. Rublevsky,Sergei RUS 2621 172 27. Azmaiparashvili,Zurab GEO 2621 156 28. Ehlvest,Jaan EST 2621 154 29. Timman,Jan H NED 2621 186 30. Nikolic,Predrag BIH 2620 171 31. Nunn,John D M ENG 2614 173 32. Sadler,Matthew ENG 2614 180 33. Sokolov,Ivan BIH 2614 171 34. Speelman,Jonathan S ENG 2613 149 35. Van Wely,Loek NED 2613 204 36. Vladimirov,Evgeny KAZ 2611 163 37. Yakovich,Yuri RUS 2610 160 38. Yusupov,Artur GER 2607 137 39. Kosashvili,Yona ISR 2606 197 40. Akopian,Vladimir ARM 2606 149 41. Georgiev,Kiril BUL 2605 169 42. Magerramov,Elmar AZE 2604 188 43. Wolff,Patrick G USA 2599 179 44. Illescas Cordoba,Miguel ESP 2599 168 45. Tiviakov,Sergei RUS 2599 163 46. Milov,Vadim SUI 2598 176 47. Aleksandrov,Aleksej BLR 2598 172 48. Krasenkov,Mikhail POL 2596 168 49. Oll,Lembit EST 2595 186 50. Onischuk,Alexander UKR 2595 179
Tournaments processed for this list
ISR Team's Champ. 1st Leagua 3-4 Rounds NED Wijk aan Zee B Cat.10 GER Bundesliga 8/9 Rounds ESP Ubeda 2nd open ESP Linares Cat.18 ESP Ubeda Cat.16 RUS Perm Russian Cup open BER Bermuda Mermeid Beach Club Cat.11 SLO Nova Gorica open FAI 5th Visa Nordvic Grand Prix open
14) Theoretical Corner By Marco R. Martini (ITA)
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